Ninkasi – Poster Illustration and Graphic Art

Although I love all the rewards that come with freelancing, I was pretty excited to hear that Ninkasi was looking for a graphic artist. I made it through the 1st phase of applicants and was asked to design a promotional poster for the brewery. The poster needed to have a mountain bike theme and information regarding the event. I illustrated everything on this poster with my Wacum tablet. I first drew the hops surrounding the Ninkasi logo, then the bike. I hand drew the typo map in the background as well. As you can imagine, I did not get the job, but I did come away with a nice portfolio piece showcasing my illustration skills.

Terry has been an incredible asset to us as we build both our nonprofit and our event. The website we created with him has been an invaluable, changing tool that grows along with us. As the outward face of PDX Bridge Festival, it is very important that our website reflect our overall aesthetic and values, and it has been very fun and easy to work with Terry to develop that symbiosis of functionality and good looks. As a new business, building a web presence became one of our first priorities, and we hired Terry at a time when we had very little resources to work with. That investment has given us great returns and we look forward to maintaining this partnership well into the future!